Inheriting the tradition from Turinese master craftsmen, including Guadagnini, Pressenda and Rocca, establishing his own style based on the tradition, Hannibal Fagnola became a top-ranked violin maker from Turin of the 20th century.

In early 1900s, inspired by artwork of Rocca and Oddone, Fagnola repeated trial and error in violin making.
Getting through the period of such striving and studying, in 1911, he acquired a golden award with a quartet set of two violins, one viola and one cello in an exposition in Turin, which through W. E. Hill & Sons in London opened him a door to the worldwide high reputation.
In so-called Fagnola’s golden period, he hired capable assistants like Guerra, Riccardo Genovese and his nephew Annibalotto to firmly build up a mass-production system.

This artwork was made in 1925, the middle of his golden period, following the model of Pressenda 1835, which model Fagnola was the best at in his career after long time study since his younger days. Its purfling tells the delicate feeling of his breath. Clear-cut f-holes. Soft light orange-colored varnish covers the whole.
Its sound is splendid and gorgeous and feels body for powerful performance.
Mr. Taro Hakase, a celebrated violinist, recently loved and used it in many concerts.